'Underfinanced, underprepared': Inadequate climate adaptation efforts leave world exposed, UNEP warns

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Latest UNEP Adaptation Gap Report warns world needs to invest hundreds of billions of dollars more each year in climate adaptation efforts

Climate change is getting worse, and the world is facing a financial shortfall of around $366bn a year if it is to adapt to the worsening impacts and risks associated with rising temperatures. That...

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